Influenza fpns PKTNiTbrtttfbwttiK State Ths report ot the Board of Health for the 24 hourt ended 8 o'clock Ult night flhowt that there were olgbt de&amp;tbs Irom paeumonlc Influent* In tbat period The sew casei adiultted to boiplUl numbered It 7, while 92 paUenU *ere die charged cured. Thore are now im caeei altogether vndtrgolng treatment la the rariout mrtropolltan hoapltals. Male Deaths Predomioate That the mortality among men was just double that at women as a result of tbe Influ'nsa epidemic la Indicated by * *pecl*.l return made available last night by the Board of Health. Tbe re tttrfi also glrea the Limht-. of deaths In th* 'various districts ot New South Wales. Tbe total deaths for Ibe vbole Uato Irom January 1 to yesterday oere 1BS2. Ot these 136! were males and (70 fe male I. The distribution of tbe dtethc was ae follows: Metropolitan area. MIS; Hunter River district, 76: remainder of Elate, 421.

LABOR CONFERENCE Arbitration Act Denounced: Attack on National Government: Bolshevism Repudiated: Limitation of Prices At the annual conference ot the New South Wales branch of th* Aoilis an Labor Party yesterday, the president Is bis annual report aald tbat tbe Urge at tendance ot delegates from all parte of the State spoke volume* for the solidarity and enthusiasm of tbe aovement. Tbe movement during the past twelve nn.fh. ha.4 anr r*anfn tl v weathered all norms. New branches had been **tab lltbrd In practically every part of the Etate. Referring to the amended Arbitration Act, he ssld It was about tbe most re actionary piece ot legislation on tbe elat ute books ot any country. It waa a blow to tbe Labor tnovrment and to the liberty of the peoplo and ao Insult to their Intelligence-, anil should lie v-lpeO off lb-i Boca* nationalism It was gratifying that tbe people of the country reailaeii tbe bogus nature of tbe ao-called National Covernmenta In State and Commonwealth. Their ut...